1. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT
OF TREASURY BOARD C To Move that the House Resolve itself into a Committee
of the Whole to consider a Resolution Relating to the Advancing or Guaranteeing
of Certain Loans made under the Loan and Guarantee Act, 1957. (Bill No. 16)

2. C MR. WADE VERGE (Lewisporte)
C To Move:

“WHEREAS Members of the European Parliament decided
on May 5, 2009 – by a vote of 550 in favour, 49
against and 41 abstentions – to ban the commercial trade of seal products in
European Union countries, with two derogations:

(a)the import of seal products shall also be allowed where it
is of an occasional nature and consists exclusively of goods for the personal
use of the travelers or their families.The nature and quantity of such goods may not be such as to indicate
that they are being imported for commercial reasons;

(b)the placing on the market shall be allowed for seal products
that result from by-products of hunting that is regulated under national law
and conducted for the sole purpose of sustainable management of marine
resources.Such placing on the market
shall only be allowed on a non-profit basis.The nature and quantity of such products shall not be such as to
indicate that they are being placed on the market for commercial reasons.

AND
WHEREAS the next step to bring this ban into effect is a decision by the
Council, representing each of the 27 EU national governments; and the Council
is expected to consider the matter in June 2009;

AND
WHEREAS it is the height of hypocrisy for European Union countries to ban
the commercial trade of products from the Canadian seal harvest – which is
ecologically sustainable, economically sustainable, tightly regulated and
humane – while permitting the harvests, culling and hunting of animals within
their own jurisdictions and the commercial trade of products from such
activities;

AND
WHEREAS the Council of the Federation on May 11, 2009 discussed the
proposed trade ban on seal products by the EU at the request of Newfoundland
and Labrador’s Premier and Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak,
and expressed a strong objection to the EU’s proposed
ban, which is not based on fact or on scientific information and could be
inconsistent with World Trade Organization obligations and with the commitment
made by Leaders at the G-20 meeting on April 2, 2009 to refrain from imposing
new trade barriers;

THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Assembly, by way of letters from the
Speaker on our behalf, calls on the Government of each European Union country
to direct their representatives on the Council to vote against the ban on the
trade of seal products within the European Union;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House calls on the Government of Canada to
challenge the ban immediately, vigorously and persistently before the World
Trade Organization if such a ban is finally imposed.”